Hericium flagellum explained

Hericium flagellum is a species of fungus in the family Hericiaceae^[1] native to Europe, first described by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, and placed into its current genus by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon in 1797. It was confirmed—using sexual incompatibility studies—to be a distinct species from H. coralloides in 1983. Found in montane areas, typically on newly fallen trunks and stumps of fir (Abies species), especially silver fir^[2] with one study finding over half of recorded specimens growing on silver fir deadwood in high conservation value areas.^[3] Spores are 5–6.5 by 4.5–5.5 μm.^{[4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Index Fungorum - Names Record . 2023-04-03 . www.indexfungorum.org.
2. Kujawska . Marta Brygida . Stasińska . Małgorzata . Leski . Tomasz . Rudawska . Maria . 2019-12-23 . First record of Hericium flagellum (Basidiomycota) from the "Olbina" nature reserve in Wielkopolska Voivodship, Poland . Acta Mycologica . en . 54 . 2 . 10.5586/am.1133 . 2353-074X. free .
3. Kujawska . Marta Brygida . Rudawska . Maria . Stasińska . Małgorzata . Pietras . Marcin . Leski . Tomasz . 2021-04-01 . Distribution and ecological traits of a rare and threatened fungus Hericium flagellum in Poland with the prediction of its potential occurrence in Europe . Fungal Ecology . en . 50 . 101035 . 10.1016/j.funeco.2020.101035 . 230575860 . 1754-5048.
4. Hallenberg N.. 1983. Hericium coralloides and H. alpestre (Basidiomycetes) in Europe . Mycotaxon . 18 . 1 . 181–89.
5. Kiyashko AA . Zmitrovich IV . Hericium alpestre Pers. . Red Book of Karachaevo-Cherkessia . 2013 . 212 .